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Nigel Farage, the former leader of the Ukip party, is offering his support in local elections this week — but was mercilessly mocked for standing in front of a party sign mis-spelling the constituency.

In a year in which the president-elect of the United States made severely restricting Muslim immigration and building a wall between America and Mexico primary parts of his election platform, it’s no surprise that Dictionary.com chose “xenophobia” as its word of the year.

The site defines “xenophobia” as “1.fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers; 2.fear or dislike of the customs, dress, etc., of people who are culturally different from oneself.”

In a statement, Dictionary.com noted the underlying theme of major news stories in 2016 led to the choice of “xenophobia.” These stories included the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Brexit vote, police shootings, Syria’s refugee crisis and transsexual rights. Read more…

He terrified viewers dancing the samba while wearing The Mask’s green makeup, made them cringe with a rendition of ‘Gangnam Style’ and had them laughing with his clumsy attempt at an Argentine tango. Now viewers of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing have said bye bye Balls.

Ed Balls from the UK’s Labour Party was voted out of the show after a cha-cha challenge. However, he’s earned the praise of politicians and civilians alike on social media.

Over the past 10 weeks, Mr Balls, made the somewhat miraculous transformation from bland politician to the dancing hero of post-Brexit Britain. The BBC described him as “an underdog who is aware of his own absurdity but tries his darnedest and desperately wants to shine.” Read more…